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P1030335 - The girls upon Pont de Lima Bridge  
   

P1030335 - The girls upon Pont de Lima Bridge

The simple Roman bridge has a sloping deck over 7 full centrer ogival arches, are irregularly arranged and have different spans. One arch was destroyed at the time Napoleon's invasion in 1809.
Camino de Santiago de Compostela - (Day 1-2) Portuguese Trail (Elvas to Ponte de Lima)

August 1st 2004
Camino de Santiago de Compostela - Portuguese Trail with Badajoz walking group. Total of 151km On my first trip away from home I decided to head for Spain, being my birth country and understanding the language. It gave me the opportunity to go on the Camino Portuges to Santiago de Compostela with the a Spanish walking club. This trip gave me the sensation that I must come and walk it again. A ... read more
Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

Portuguese Flag Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more
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